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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 1/9/13)
CBS: The 39th Annual People’s Choice Awards at 9pm
HGTV: Property Brothers (Premiere) at 9pm
OUTDOOR: Elite Tactical Unit: S.W.A.T (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Find Our Missing (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Barter Kings (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Washington Heights (Premiere) at 10pm
At its Television Critics Association Press Tour in Los Angeles, FOX announced a few news nuggets: the network has renewed Bones for a ninth season. The procedural will return with all-new episodes starting next Monday and is produced by Far Field Productions and Josephson Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television. FOX also revealed it will premiere its new alternative late-night programming block, Animation Domination High-Def on July 27 at 11p. The programming block will include several new quarter-hour animated series including Axe Cop, an action-comedy featuring Megan Mullally, Patton Oswalt and Ken Marino among others; High School USA! starring Vincent Kartheiser and Mandy Moore; and the Untitled Lucas Brothers Project where the stand-up comedy of New York-based identical twins Kenny and Keith Lucas will be animated. FOX further announced development plans for two long-form event series, Wayward Pines from M. Night Shyamalan and FX Productions and Blood Brothers from Bruce C. McKenna, Gary Randall, Timothy Scott Bogart, Boardwalk Entertainment Group and Fox Television Studios. FOX will order its first event series pilot(s) later in 2013 with the first one slated to debut in 2014.
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CBS Sports will air Super Bowl XLVII on February 3 with the kick-off at 630p from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. This is CBS’ 18th Super Bowl broadcast and CBS Sports’ Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will be calling the action. Earlier in the day, CBS Sports will offer up seven hours of pre-game coverage starting with Road to the Super Bowl at 11a and the special, New Orleans: Let the Good Times Roll at 12 noon hosted by musician, composer and bandleader, Wynton Marsalis followed by other programming. In addition, the Super Bowl will be streamed live via CBSSports.com and CBS Sports’ second-screen offerings will feature several interactive online and social elements. Furthermore, CBS Corp. President/CEO Leslie Moonves said yesterday that CBS has sold out its ad inventory for the Super Bowl. “We have sold some of our spots for the game for over $4 million for a 30-second spot,” said Moonves, who added that WCBS New York alone has sold spots for “over $1 million” for a 30-second advertisement.
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All this week the Live Well Network is airing a five-part series Miss America: Secrets Revealed that gives viewers unprecedented access to the contestants leading up to the 92nd Miss America Competition. Hosted by Live Well Network personality Rebecca Spera, all 53 pageant contestants will be interviewed and they will offer their beauty, fashion, fitness and other secrets. The half-hour episodes began Monday and air through Friday, January 11 at 8p on the Live Well Network. Miss America 2013 will air live January 12 on ABC.
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Last Sunday’s season nine premiere of Watch What Happen Live on Bravo attracted more than 1.7 million total viewers and one million plus with A18-49. On Monday Bravo debuted new series, Vanderpump Rules at 10p which drew in more than 1.0 million with A18-49; 1.2 million among A25-54; and 1.9 million total viewers, making it the network’s highest-rated new series launch since Bethenny Getting Married? in June 2010.
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Canada’s City announced production has commenced on the 13-episode, half-hour adult animated comedy series, Mother Up! starring Eva Longoria who is also the show’s EP. The show is developed by Rogers Media and is co-produced by Canadian companies Breakthrough Entertainment and Bardel Entertainment in association with US-based Mass Animation. Mother Up! will debut in fall 2013 on City in primetime and will be available in the US exclusively on the free, ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service. Breakthrough Entertainment will also distribute the series worldwide outside of North America.
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STARZ has cast rapper Rick Ross for the second season of Magic City when it premieres next summer. Ross will play Butterball, the proprietor of an illegal Cuban/American gambling house in Miami known as a “bolita” (the numbers racket).
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 1/6/13)
1) Les Miserables Movie Soundtrack – 92,481 (After 3 weeks – 270,838)
2) Mumford & Sons – Babel – 91,042 (After 15 weeks – 1,554,394)
3) Taylor Swift – Red – 68,733 (After 11 weeks – 3,175,982)
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MSG Networks is seeking diehard SUPER FANS of New York-area sports teams (Giants, Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Liberty and Red Bull) with great stories to share. If you or someone you know schedules life around a team, names their kids after favorite players, has missed work or lost a girlfriend because he put the team first, please emails you fan story to: msgsuperfans@gmail.com. Please include your full name, phone number, hometown and a recent photo.
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AMC unveiled the eight towns across the US where talent will be scouted for its new unscripted series Showville (formerly titled Road Show). Created and executive produced by Laurie Girion and distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Television, the series organizes competitions in each town featuring local talent who will get the chance to be in the spotlight. Showville will host open auditions for local talent of all ages, from singers and dancers to comedy acts and jugglers. The towns included are: Holland, MI; Kingston, RI; Walla Walla, WA; San Marcos, TX; Hugo, OK; Mount Airy, NC; Athens, OH; and Fairfield, IA. More information can be found at: http://press.amctv.com.
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